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vocation

[ voh-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career.
  3. a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life.
  4. a function or station in life to which one is called by God:

    the religious vocation; the vocation of marriage.



vocation

/ ±¹É™ÊŠËˆ°ì±ðɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. a specified occupation, profession, or trade
    1. a special urge, inclination, or predisposition to a particular calling or career, esp a religious one
    2. such a calling or career
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vocation1

1400–50; late Middle English vocacio ( u ) n < Latin ±¹´Ç³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ±¹´Ç³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å ) a call, summons, equivalent to ±¹´Ç³¦Äå³Ù ( us ) past participle of ±¹´Ç³¦Äå°ù±ð to call ( -ate 1 ) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vocation1

C15: from Latin ±¹´Ç³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å a calling, from ±¹´Ç³¦Äå°ù±ð to call
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Harmony Holiday: What is this pattern wherein you can trade the currency of Black glamour to become an overt grifter, a clout chaser with no vocation but that — an “industry plant�

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But for many years, she and her parents saw acting as a temporary job, something to do until she landed on her real vocation.

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People working with empty homes all seem to have a strong sense of vocation.

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Asia Pacific is one of only a few places in the world where the Catholic Church is growing in terms of baptised faithful and religious vocations.

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It’s a sacred vocation, as vulnerability must be protected at all costs.

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